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1. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus.
4. A light touch or stroke.
7. A master's degree in library science.
11. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
12. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
13. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
14. Offering fun and gaiety.
16. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
18. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
19. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
21. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
22. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
23. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
24. (computer science) The rate at which data is transferred (as by a modem).
27. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
31. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
34. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
35. The bill in a restaurant.
38. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
39. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
45. In operation or operational.
46. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
49. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
50. The compass point that is one point east of northeast.
52. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
53. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
54. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
55. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
56. God of the earth.
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1. A one-piece cloak worn by men in ancient Rome.
2. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
3. A deep bow.
4. An honorary degree in science.
5. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
6. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
7. A polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties.
8. The month following March and preceding May.
9. A Russian river.
10. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
15. Squash bugs.
17. A small cake leavened with yeast.
20. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
25. A folded part (as a fold of skin or muscle).
26. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
28. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
29. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
30. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
32. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
33. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
36. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
37. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
40. In bed.
41. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
42. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
43. Swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs.
44. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
47. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
48. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
51. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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